#4E2795#4E2795

#4E2795 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.168 H 293.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2795
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 149)
HSL	hsl(261, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(261, 74%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 73.8%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.41, 43.22, -53.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.41, 68.98, 308.79°)
OKLab	oklab(39.35% 0.0664 -0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(39.35% 0.168 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.2907, 5.2404, 28.9499)
Luminance	0.0524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2795 #6E9527

analogous

#273795 #4E2795 #852795

triadic

#4E2795 #954E27 #27954E

tetradic

#4E2795 #952737 #6E9527 #279585

square

#4E2795 #952737 #6E9527 #279585

split-complementary

#4E2795 #958527 #379527

monochromatic

#1B0E34 #351A64 #4E2795 #6734C6 #8A61D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.25

#4E2795 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#4E2795 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2795

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2795	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2795	1.00	10.25	2.05	10.25
#FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004298

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39445B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2795;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.168 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8765b5',
    500: '#4e2795',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2795;
$custom-light: #8765b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2795",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.273,
    "s": 58.511,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39345,
    "c": 0.16781,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2795

secondary

#9ABB5D

accent

#E246AB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2795

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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